JEALOUSY

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JEALOUSY
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Jealousy is a combination of fear and anger. It is the fear of losing something

Jealousy often occur over an anticipated loss of something that the person values,
FOR EXAMPLE:
relationship,
friendship,
love.

Jealousy often consists of a combination of emotions such as
anger, sadness, and disgust.
It is not to be confused with envy.

Jealousy is a familiar experience in human relationships.
It has been observed in infants five months and older.
Some claim that jealousy is seen in every culture;
however, others claim jealousy is a culture-specific phenomenon.

MORE ABOUT JEALOUSY:
- Topic of interest for scientists, artists, and theologians.
- Psychologists have proposed several models of the processes underlying jealousy
and have identified factors that result in jealousy.
- Sociologists have demonstrated that cultural beliefs and values play an important role in determining what triggers jealousy and what constitutes socially acceptable expressions of jealousy.
- Biologists have identified factors that may unconsciously influence the expression of jealousy. -Artists have explored the theme of jealousy in photographs, paintings, movies, songs, plays, poems, and books.
- Theologians have offered religious views of jealousy based on the scriptures of their respective faiths.

The experience of jealousy involves:
* Fear of loss
* Suspicion or anger about betrayal
* Low self-esteem and sadness over loss
* Uncertainty and loneliness
* Fear of losing an important person to an attractive other
* Distrust

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HOW TO OVERCOME IT ?
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Understand the emotions

Allow yourself to actually 'feel' emotions in a healthy way.
When you start feeling jealous, ask yourself: Is it more fear-based or more anger-based, and why?

Communicate your feelings
Sharing your true feelings with someone without blaming them

Identify what your jealousy is teaching you
Ask yourself, "Why am I jealous over this?
When you begin to understand what makes you jealous,
you can begin to take positive steps to maintain those things

Change any false beliefs that might cause jealousy
If you examine the belief, you can often eliminate the jealousy

Make a list of all your good points and only compare yourself to yourself rather than to others.
Raise your sense of self worth and self confidence by acknowledging your accomplishments, inner qualities and other good things about you

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REFERENCES:
http://www.wikihow.com/Handle-Jealousy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jealousy